Railings

Abstract

A railing mounting component ( 1 ) for a modular railing kit/assembly which may including one or more railing lengths ( 12, 13 ) of manageable length, the mounting component being arranged to simultaneously mount two adjacent ends ( 14, 15 ) of successive lengths of railing by receiving the ends at/in separate dedicated parts ( 3, 4 ) of a given mounting component, such that one mounted end cannot obstruct/impede the mounting of the other end, thereby to enable a railing of any overall length to be assembled safely and easily.

1 - 38 . (canceled) 
   
   
       39 . A kit of parts for a railing assembly including a first railing length which defines a channel with a channel base surface at least part of which is shaped to project into the channel and a mounting means for simultaneously mounting an end of the first railing length and an end of a second railing length to a common mounting location, the mounting means having a first receiving means arranged to receive an end of the first railing length via an abutment portion thereof defining a recess shaped to receive the projecting base surface part such that parts of the abutment portion are permitted to abut to a said received projecting base surface part, a second receiving means arranged simultaneously to receive an end of a second railing length, and a partition means positioned between the first and second receiving means and arranged to prevent a railing length from engaging simultaneously parts of both the first receiving means and the second receiving means. 
   
   
       40 . A kit of parts according to  claim 39  wherein the recess is shaped to reciprocate the shape of said projecting base surface part. 
   
   
       41 . A kit of parts according to  claim 39  wherein the base surface of the channel is generally convex and the recess defined by the abutment portion presents a generally concave region shaped to reciprocate the shape of said generally convex base surface part and arranged for intimate abutment therewith in use. 
   
   
       42 . A kit of parts according to  claim 39  in which the channel defines a pair of channel walls and the abutment portion is shaped to simultaneously abut, in use, opposite parts of the channel where the channel walls meet the channel base. 
   
   
       43 . A kit of parts according to  claim 39  in which the abutment portion defines a plurality of separate abutment surfaces within said recess, each separate abutment surface being arranged to abut the received projecting base surface part when a receiving means is connected to the railing length in use. 
   
   
       44 . A kit of parts according to any  claim 39  including fixing means for fixing an end of one or both of the first and second railing lengths to the mounting means. 
   
   
       45 . A kit of parts according to  claim 44  in which the fixing means includes one or more fixing apertures extending through the partition means and one or more fixing members shaped to enable only a part thereof to extend through a fixing aperture from the first receiving means to the second receiving means, thereat to engage with a railing length received by the second receiving means to fix the railing length to the partition means. 
   
   
       46 . A kit of parts according to  claim 44  in which the fixing means includes one or more fixing apertures extending through the first receiving means, and one or more fixing members shaped to extend through a fixing aperture from a surface of the first receiving means outwardly presented in use, and to engage with a railing length received by the first receiving means to fix the railing length thereto. 
   
   
       47 . A railing assembly assembled from a kit of parts according to any of  claims 39  to  46 . 
   
   
       48 . A railing assembly including a plurality of separate railing lengths a first of which defines a channel with a channel base surface at least part of which is shaped to project into the channel, and a mounting means simultaneously mounting an end of each of two railing lengths to a common mounting location, the mounting means having a first receiving means in receipt of an end of said first of said two railing lengths via an abutment portion thereof defining a recess shaped to receive the projecting base surface part wherein parts of the abutment portion abut to a said received projecting base surface part, a second receiving means simultaneously in receipt of an end of a second of said two railing lengths, and a partition means positioned between the first and second receiving means and arranged to prevent a railing length from engaging simultaneously parts of both the first receiving means and the second receiving means. 
   
   
       49 . A method of assembling a railing assembly for simultaneously mounting an end of each of two railing lengths to a common mounting location, a first of the two railing lengths defining a channel with a channel base surface at least part of which is shaped to project into the channel, the method including:
 receiving at a first receiving means of the mounting means an end of said first of said two railing lengths via an abutment portion of the first receiving means which defines a recess shaped to receive the projecting base surface part wherein parts of the abutment portion abut to a said received projecting base surface part; and,   receiving upon the mounting means an end of a second of said two railing lengths; and,   using a partition means fixed between the first and second receiving means to prevent a railing length from engaging simultaneously parts of both the first receiving means and the second receiving means.   
   
   
       50 . A mounting means for a railing assembly, the assembly including a first railing length which defines a channel with a channel base surface at least part of which is shaped to project into the channel and a second railing length, wherein the mounting means is arranged for simultaneously mounting an end of the first railing length and an end of the second railing length to a common mounting location, the mounting means having a first receiving means arranged to receive an end of the first railing length via an abutment portion thereof defining a recess shaped to receive the projecting base surface part such that parts of the abutment portion are permitted to abut to a said received projecting base surface part, a second receiving means arranged simultaneously to receive an end of a second railing length, and a partition means positioned between the first and second receiving means and arranged to prevent a railing length from engaging simultaneously parts of both the first receiving means and the second receiving means. 
   
   
       51 . A mounting means according to  claim 50  in which the abutment portion defines a plurality of separate abutment surfaces within said recess, each separate abutment surface being arranged to abut the received projecting base surface part when a receiving means is connected to the railing length in use. 
   
   
       52 . A mounting means according to  claim 50  including fixing means fixing an end of one or both of the first and second railing lengths to the mounting means. 
   
   
       53 . A mounting means according to  claim 52  in which the fixing means includes one or more fixing apertures extending through the partition means and one or more fixing members each arrangeable to extend through a fixing aperture from the first receiving means to the second receiving means, whereat said part of the fixing member(s) may engage with a railing length received by the second receiving means thereby fixing the railing length to the partition means. 
   
   
       54 . A mounting means according to  claim 52  in which the fixing means includes one or more fixing apertures extending through the first receiving means, and one or more fixing members arrangeable to extend through a fixing aperture from an outwardly presented surface of the first receiving means, so as to engage with a railing length received by the first receiving means thereby fixing the railing length thereto.